A man and his fiancee are charged in connection with a shooting of a 15-year-old boy near Baltimore Highland Elementary School over the weekend.

A man and his fiancee are charged in connection with a shooting of a 15-year-old boy near Baltimore Highland Elementary School over the weekend.

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Updated: 12:01 PM EDT Mar 25, 2015

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WEBVTT LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING -- THIS IS 11 NEWS AT 5 P.M. STAN: NEW AT 5:30, THE I-TEAM INVESTIGATES THE SHOOTING OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY. WAS IT IN RESPONSE TO RETALIATION IN A MURDER CASE? AND WAS THE VICTIM THE TARGET? PROSECUTORS SAID HE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND DOCTORS SAY IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT HE SURVIVED. DONNA: A LITTLE GIRL CLAIMED THEIR DAUGHTER WA S PUSHED INTO THE MUD. 11 NEWS I-TEAM REPORTER BARRY SIMMS JOINS US LIVE FROM DISTRICT COURT IN TOWSON. BARRY. BARR Y: PROSECUTORS THINK THE MAN WHO FIRED THE SHOT IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. WHEN A SINGLE GUNSHOT WAS FIRED IN HALETHORPE, IT INJURED A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HAD BEEN ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AT BALTIMORE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SHOOTING SATURDAY TRIGGERED A POLICE INVESTIGATION AND CLAIMS THAT THE GUNFIRE WAS IN RESPONSE TO RETALIATION. HERE'S WHAT POLICE SAY HAPPENED. THE SUSPECT HAD A GUN, THE VICTIM SAW IT AND RAN. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURT AND WEST SIDE OF OAK ROAD, THE SUSPECT SHOT THE VICTIM ONCE. BARRY: 28-YEAR-OLD KEITH JAY IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. ACCORDING TO A COURT CHARGING DOCUMENT, HE CAME TO THE BASKETBALL COURT WANTING TO KNOW WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUSHING HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER INTO THE MUD AND AFTER FIRING THE SHOT -- THE SUSPECT THEN GOT INTO A VEHICLE AND FLED. DETECTIVES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS WELL AS THE DRIVER OF THE GET-AWAY VEHICLE. BOTH ARE IN CUSTODY. BARRY: POLICE ALSO ARRESTED HIS FIANCEE AND THE LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER, 23-YEAR-OLD EBONY GIDDENS. SHE IS CHARGED AS AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. SHE'S BEING HELD ON A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BAIL. DURING JAY'S BAIL REVIEW HEARING TUESDAY, A JUDGE ASKED WHY TAKE A GUN IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING TO SHOOT ANYBODY? WHY WOULD YOU TAKE A GUN? TO PROTECT YOURSELF -- WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF? BECAUSE YOU ARE UNDER SIEGE, UNDER ATTACK. BARRY: IN COURT, ATTORNEY WARREN BROWN CLAIMED THERE IS MORE TO WHAT LED UP TO THIS INCIDENT. THAT HIS CLIENTS HAVE FACED THREATS AND RETALIATION AFTER GIDDENS' TESTIMONY IN A MURDER CASE LED TO A CONVICTION. SHE HAS HAD RATS LEFT ON HER PORCH. HER CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN AND TORCHED. THREATENING MESSAGES LEFT ON HER CAR. BARRY: BROWN CLAIMS JAY BELIEVED SOME OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ACTIONS WERE ALSO BEHIND PUSHING HIS DAUGHTER IN THE MUD. HIS CLIENT CONFRONTED SIX OR SEVEN MEN AT THE BASKETBALL COURT WHO SURROUNDED HIM. THE 15-YEAR-OLD THAT WAS SHOT DID HE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS ALLEGED RETALIATION? CAN'T SAY FOR SURE, BUT HE WASN'T THE INTENDED TARGET. NONE OF THEM WERE. THE GUN WAS PULLED OUT TO HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO BACK OFF. BARRY: THE ATTORNEY ASKS THAT IS HIS BAIL BE REDUCED BUT THE JUDGE ORDERED HIM TO BE REMAINED.

Teenager shot near school; Couple charged

A man and his fiancee are charged in connection with a shooting of a 15-year-old boy near Baltimore Highland Elementary School over the weekend.